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k ss : , 1 o r ' ° o e square l eagu e o f t e r r i tor y:in that Mug "l4t is not occupied by their troops. & lice foll ovc willing the above, we have received the GEN io la g F URTHER IMPORTANT INTELLI liieA'4"l -NOM THE PENINSULA, brought by ile ad -P°l6 frigate, which arrived yesterday at Spit h She sail e d from Lisbon on the 15th instant, 104. as brought Dispatches horn Lord WELLING -I'o4 H iS Lord s hi p h a d ta k en up a toiS position at t k l / 4 es Vedra s , where he i n tended to wa i t the at to.°f the e nemy. MASSENA ' S situation was be bag Ing e very day more embarrassing: The rains P ren set irks and the roads were so bad, that the It was supposed, Would not be able to bring vtileir artillery. 41atile c ountry thr ou gh w hi c h th e F renc h w e re tottl eilin g was deserted by the inhabitants, and was o erf Plet lY devastated, The English army was in tv e ee : he alth, amply supplied with provisions, and E dent ' i ndividual i n i t enterta i ne d t h e mos t con is nt success in the great conflict *ta lc " is about to take . pl:ice: General ROMANA 14ta ncing from Baclajoz towards Abrantes ; ion:tiel44ANT was at. Coimbra, where he had taken CPrisunets, w hi c h we suppose were t h e F renc h 4t 4 t t Wer e wounded at Bu.iaco. Colonel WILsoN is The intelligence respecting Col. THANT ti a liin in & ta k`'n Coimbra and 5 . 000 prisoners is not otti t°l/41t it comes in letters from Corunna, and also i p °lli n U ‘ 4)ll° , so that we have no doubt of the fad. It ft r e ars from this statement, that there is a strong MASSENA'S rear, Lord WELLINGTON rs in front, the sea on his right, and ROMANA was t, v r atlcin g 011 his left, so that he was in fad nearly. :„ .. -rctind ed, and nothing but a great vidory can ex '"4te him from his dangerous situation. HANTS' COURIER OFFICE, " Friday Afternoon, Three o'Clock, Tir e French made a dash at Coimbra, inunedt t/r after the battle of the ~)7th, with a view of gt a iri g Possession of our magazines, but were dis t)P°ltlted.. L or d WELLINGTON, however, thought 13-r tit el " er after this to retreat towards Lisbon, and now 4, ct Pies a strong line of posts froM the sea to the head-quarters are at Torres Vedras ; t it is supposed that nothing can drive him out. he ti ros( unbounded consuence prevails in the Bri '" (c I t is •opposed that an action must certainly take ti (lace in a tew days, as Lord WELLINGTON has de a:c7ed every kind of provisions in his retreat, ztv t he enemy , has nothing but a barren coun ty t ° exist upon. The Di-patches brought by e , 4 / 1 6 / 10 , from the army, are of the 14th MA. 4 s he Sailed from Lisbon on Monday, the 15th, " ar • )1 0 lived at Spit head in just too hours. General 14AN A, with 15,00 U men, has adtanced from st re _ ter Luadura,. o n the other site of the Tagus, in or-, to Prevent the retreat of the French by that fi tter. . . " The French General Stmow, and several other Ari 413ners came over in the Apollo." a 'the Penus has arrived from New York, with Mr. kelt soN, our late Minister to the United SrateS, on oard. The Thistle arrived from Halifax with ROBERT ' 4 ", the seaman, on board. This will be a 'WM . • Yu% circumstance to the writer of the Letter the name 01 JEFFERY'S mother, - and probably to '''ale others. Th e account from Windsor respecling the Prin tess A 41 mELIA, had not arrived when this Paper was W kitit to press. - p er 'e have received Moniteurs - and 'oilier Paris Pa co t ° the 11 th instant.--• The only article of their x v ir:s e tus worthy of notice is the following, ,from 4t Lh it app ears th a t 11IvaAT has, ter the present c le e a ", abandoned Hs enterprise ag's;iist Sicity : • phi R 6 GGio, SEpr. 22.----The King is arrived in f ot ; .it is thought he will remain here three or r d aYs. The division of General. PARTOU 1,;13,AL.TX has r eceived r eceived orders to return to scilla and Bagna ; ia t o s t ile boats of this division have. already proceeded rr i ci lia- The Royal Guard has tollowed the move.: b e e „ nts of the division Of PARTOUNEAUX, and has i rt ` t) replaced in camp-by a battalion of the 12th re lent of the line.", of j General CHRIE.TOPHE issued a decree on the 30th last, ordering tnat from that time forth the el? of Cape Fr;incoiS, in `the Empire of Hayti, uld be called - by name of the City of Cape cle enr Y ; and that all letteis to persons there :est i): t 3 sLuld be so addressed; under the penalty of t e .ri g stopped, Irani:witted to the Government, and c'a'ning unanswered. The Charter to the Borough of Malden, in the Of Essex, passed the Great Seal on. Tuesday v, i ,, 2 th instant, and is shortly to he proclaimed, ' . I the usual eeremonies, at t: at place. li,7 l , d victs . were received yesterday morning from the'th`lct to ihe date ut the 13tli inst. It is said; teat 'Merchant, ot Anistetdam had individual') p k e i e t i lred notice, under the authority, of BuoNA to deliver up a precise mind accurate st..terrent yandcistinctionsof the Colonial Koonce ftp„l pi.ssessi in, as it was his intention to take tunittiodittes tuto hisso‘Nn hands, ener'l v‘ Il'i Eog' unaW _ ausket e 5 U 1 -,,.~~? C 3 '" • si ______-- 3 t AR' rd Li - AVE r ollox . patcbe ,Lll4 . TIC ]JU 1;1 Pa" ed tyg to. bad 1, ao 2d re ices °C n o°ii tic° ° f : yLvi- li tioiblY l,e diy~ r%l° °ll' 1J J '1" etre'w it') l'is ~ ` fn n uL" 1 J linate d , 3v e;i l J . afly in F:•b t C 3a r 52, be' o' ls ISS ei ,ea A :r, tblt .J COil' : . i ° 5l at pa,` glug al ' t P')''' cOr I)e` as, 'aye at, ,Id t atif eC [l l9 -e 113135' of 1 01# es , ieno ßi ft j; ° 11 : it tiler' re, ill ; wtOg or r°s‘ of Ilia -; 0 1;4 tile pat g bt re' strOg ,reaft`' 0- 1146' aou ~.(SI 11,1 1 9 rj ov er ; e3rC ir run , t' l per 3 t; 1 , 1 t verY liii- NAVAL NEWS.' PLYMOUTH, OCT. 18.—This morning his Nto . jes. ty's ship Dragon, of 74 guns, Captain Foattus-r3 got under weigh in Hamoaze, for the purpose of going down the harbour into Cawsand Bay, with a fine breeze to the Westward ; and near Stonehouse Pool, she ran foul of the brig Eliza Ann, belonging to Leith, REES master, from Wales, with a cargo, consisting of stone-coal, and tin-plate, bound to London; which vessel was proceeding to join the y convoy, then under weigh, bound to the Eastward, by which accident her masts were carried by the board; but the vessel, we understand, has not re ceived much damage, in consequenceuce of the Dragon's bowsprit entering the rigging of the brig, and carrying her on till the former came to anchor. The crew escaped in the boat; and were all saved. The Dragon will go down in the Bay in the course of the day, as she has not received any damage. His Majesty's ship GoWitch, of 10 guns, Capt. ADDERLEY, has recaptured the Atnerican ship Re trieve, of Boston, from New (Means, with a cargo valued at 35,0001. which vessel had been captured by a Fretrch privateer. The Retrieve put into Scilly, but is now. on her passage to this port. Arrived his Majesty's ship Niemen, of 38 guns, Captain Sir MICHAEL. SE AMOUR, Bart. after a long and unsucc*ssful cruize oil .the Western Islands, where she spikke, some days since, his Majesty's ship Melampus, of 36 guns, Captain . EDWARD HAWKER. Arrived the sloop Falmouth, of London, DUNcAN (late) maqtitr, from Lisbon, with a cargo of fruit, bound to London, was captured by the Spec/Pc/tor French logger privateer, and re-captured on the 4th inst. by his Majesty's ship Pheasadt, of 18 guns, Capt. PALMER; the Fahnouth was obliged to put into Scilly by contrary winds, from whence she sailed on the kith inst. - in company with a fleet, consisting of 150 saili principally merchantmen, and parted company yesterday morning off the Lizard, the greater part of which have passed by this port with a rine breeze from the Westward. S3qrr.l his Mijesty's brig Dexierous, of 14 guns, Lieuteuant TomLuisobt, with a convoy consisting of 80 sail for the DoNns ; atnong them are -1:11‘. Dunmore, Wiiianison ; Stert, Coath; john Ander son, Davidson ; M ida, Masson ; Wellington, Hinge ; Com merce, Foot ; Albion, Francis ; LeonidaS, Cook; Mary Ann, Clifton ; Lark, Harris ; I:.ck Tar, Galloway ; Cleopatra, Glendenny ; !Java!, Taylor; the Indomptable, (prize to the Owen Glendower ) ; and L'A dventurere,, F much prizes; the American ships Pegu, Clcnjck ; Experiment, Vinderberg ; and Union, —;, the Portuguese s,hooner Rodrigo Joie Dias; and the Spanish vessel A , larie Antonio, Meanies; and a fleet of light vessels, bound to.Sundei7land ;_also sailed the Plicenix, Sargent, tor Guernsey, whence she will pro ceed to Cadiz. Came down the harbour and anchored in the Sound his Majesty's, ship Spartan, of 38 guns ;, also came down from Barnpuol and sailed on a ci uize his Majesty's . ship Amethyst, of 36 guns, Capt.WALToN• Arrived last night the Sp wish ship Asia, of 64 gnus, commanded by Capt. ANSELMS Gomandio, trum Cadiz, with 319 French prisoners, all ofwhom. are in a healthy state ; the Asia is arrived here for the purpose being docked and repaired. Arrived the French schoOner L'Ade/phine, with a cargo ut ' timber, captured_ by the Constant gun-brig, 01 14 guns, Lieut. STOKES, and Pioneer clatter., \loiuus ; .also arrived the Spanish ship Belle Carole from Cadiz, with a cargo consisting . of hides and horns, bound to London, was captured by a French' privateer, and re-captured by his Majesty's brig Helicon, of 10 guns, Capt. HOPKINS the , Spanish brig Twee Good Broders, from Cadiz, with a cargo consisting of hides, wool, horns, and pepper; the Spanish brig San' Juze y Zuutic, ZABDUON master, nom Curunna ; and the Spanish ship Buenos ihnego, JUAN ZUAVIA master, from Cadiz, and last from Lisbon, with a cargo of hides and copper, all three bound to London ; and the latter vessel spoke in the‘Channel a .fleet of merchantmen from Lis bon, Whichare - passing by this port to the East ward. The Hero privateer belonging to this port, that arrived here yesterday from a cruize off the coast of Spain, picked up, a few cloys since, an open boat, in which were two Spaniards, who had made their escape from a port in Spain occupied by the Fret)Ch troops : they are supposed to liae brought some information of co4isecio,ncei .previ ous to their embarkation in the boat, -they were clOsely pursUed by a party of the eneiny'4 cavalry, who arrived at the beach a few minutes only after • the boat had put off. Arrived the Danish brig Sarah Christiana, GER.. ttEk master, from, Naples, vt itli a cargo, consisting of silk, cream tartar, juniper berries, &t. put into this pp, t for orders, and is • under quarantine; the • iiannah, DONALD, from Newcastle; (laity, ELLIS, 110111 Bristol. • " Arrived the ship Cup, of London, La (late) chaster, from Guadaloupe, laden with sugar, coffee, Sc.C. bound to London, was captured in iat. 49. N. long. 10..3. W. by the French brig privateer LEdouard, belong to Nantz, au,' recaptured on the I(2th inst. by his Majesty's ship Pheasant. It is reported that the Portugu(!ze Fama, (rum Lisbon, that was captured .some. days since by the Conte'st de Montleve French privateer, has bven re captured by his Majesty's ship Rhin, Capt. MAL COLM. Ai - rived his Majesty's ships Hawke, alicon, Ma riner, Orestes, and Harpy. Arrived a' Fronch•ship in ballast, prize to his Ma jesty's ship Pheasant. Sailed his Majesty's ship Foxhound on a cruize. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 19.-The Apollo frigate, Captain TAYLOR, is jthit arrived from Lisbon, bring ing dispatches from Lord `WELLINGTON 01 so late as Sunday last. No action had been fought, Lord `WELLINGTON had retreated to Torres Vedras, twenty one miles from Lisbon, MASSENA had taken up a Lord W e position three leagues from our army. uNgTom intended to defend his preient position, and an action was expeded to take place in two or time days. Airived the 77/Me schooner from America, hav ing on board JEVFERIES, the seaman, who was left by the Hon. Captain LAKE, on the Island of 5%-iril .niero. The American ship Edwod, HoAit, master; stated to have arrived at this port yesterday, from New York, spoke on her passage in long. 57. an English brig, in a very leaky state, out 70 days liOrn Liverpool, laden with salt, in want of provisions and water, which'ihe Edward supplied her wiih. Came into harbour this afterniion the Portuguese schooner te Boa Neva ! Seanor, laden with barilld; having been picked up at sea with no one one on board, by his 1 4.6esty's ship The ship Duke of Kent, J.. M`Km.EY,.Master, from Port au Prince, for Londonjaden with cotfee, sugar, and logwood, WAS abandoned by the Master and crew in lat. 37. 461. long., 62. 4. W. ha . ving at ti,e time of leaving her. 8 feet water in 'her hold, and was takea on board of the Americ , :li brig Catherine, Of New York,' frotn thence . boun ‘ i . . to L'Orient, and afterwards by' the Lavinia frigwe from Lisbon, and brought to ttis port this day. Came m this day his Majos4''s ship Goshawk .; also the Tyririn 4,1 ,Pexteruus from a cruize; his Majesty's ship Venus fr‘otu America ; and his Ma jesty's ship Armide with th:2 /I:4?ford homeward bound ludiunan from Fiiimouth. . • Atrived the New Martin, WHEcLatt, from Youghall ; Izette, PATTERSON, from Amelia Islands; Actit'ie,RlCH ARDS, from Liverpool ; New Augustine, LoNor, from Dungarven. • Cane into harbOur this day the schooner Bon Fortuna, Ruuca, Master, from London, bound to ,Opuno,, having lost her rudder and' sustained other damage in her way round to this porl. FAIMOUTII, OCT. 17.-,•Arrived thii Morning the Prince of Wales and Princess Elizabeth, with Mails froM Lisbon ; the for Mer left it on the sth inst. and the latter` on the sth inst: by which we, find that. Lcrd WELLINGTON 111K1 fallep back as tar as Villa Franca, and that his line extended as far as Mafra, in • the expe6lation that the enemy (having 20,000 cavalry) would attempt to out-flank him, induced . him to retreat ; his position is extremely strong, and there is no doubt hut' that he Will be enabled to maintain it • for the winter ajainSt any attack the French may make on him. The enemy must attack, being quite destitute of provisions ; about 5000 troops arrived at Lisbon' (two days before the Prin cess sailed) horn Cadiz, and on her going out, a line of battle Ship full of troops was going into the 'Tagus; 'no battle had taken place since the 27th u;t. but one daily expected; the ' enemy no doubt are in ilosession of Oporto. DOVER, OCT: 19.-Thi4 afternoon' was brought `in Le Fanteur, a French lugger privateer, captor-en by :he Revenge, of 74 guns, Captain PAchiT,. off Cherbourg, atter cha,ing . her tor' live hours. She - had left Dieppe a considerable length of time, but fdi'flinately had nut made any' capiure.:2,.Slie was formerly the John Bull, of Plymouth, a privateer cutter, the Captain 0-1 which, it is believed, was, after' the capture by toe French, ba,ely murdered., She is a very fire vessel, carrying y.i..twelve-poun ders, 14 of which she threw overbnard,.duriug the Chace, and is considcred to be n t near ion tous butthen. FoadartY.---It has been stated, that Richard tiucknall, tor whose'apprehension a hundred guineas reward is offered, had committed several forgeries thithe Bank, but this - is a !mistake, his depredations have been committed on the property of private in dividuals, although the Bank have taken every means to apprehend the prisoner. He izas been a stock-broker for 30 years, and he was considered au honest man, and his integrity had obtained him con siderable employ. • It is a lamentable latt, that the persons who have tt een defrauded by this man are chiefly industrious tradesmen: 'His depredations are to the extent-of about 30001.; and amongst the pinions ,%910 'employed him to buy into the funds Are a yOung beginnet:„ a baker, in Piccadilly, who placed staol, in , his hands for the. urchase . of stork, ~and- -a needy trades Man in the an street, who has been defrauded of 2001. in like manner, SPOnTING NLIVNIARK.ET SECOND oc-rom M I TING., Y, OC U. fa, ` - aj)r I,Vheatley's Br unbie, tist. 310. beat t :Ate Thirn, Bst. v ;') Loop 2i4.t on liramblc 5.:t. beat Nit - . c by • 6uhanna, out Unt!s;, , ?i's sister, 7st. t Ah A. aootp. h. it. - 7 to 4 on- 1.)..x0y. The Third Class of the Qitiantis Stakes of 3egs. each.— m. Ld lersey's Robin, 4 Yrs gst. 61b. Ld Lowther's Agnes, 5 yrs 19st, . • . Gen. Gower names Harpocrates, aged, gst. ; olb. Mr A nniew's Thorn, aged, 9st 6th • Mr. Craven naIIICS PetOttate, 3 yrt, Sq. !alb. 6 to 4 on Robin. Sweepstakes of longs. each. Across the Flat. D. of Grafton's P,pe, Bst. 71b. . - Ld Foley's SpAnia , d, Bst. i'et.). . . .. - Mr. Lake's lintannia, 7st. 131 h. sto r agst rope -3 to I agst Spaniard. Sweepstakes of togs. each, for 3.. yr olds, 7st. 71h. 4.yr 01, * bst. 71b. 5-) r OlitS, 9it. 31t) b.) r olds aU. , I aSed. 9.A. 4.b• D. ME.The winner to be sold for asogs. it dentandett, otc. I.d Foley's - c. by Eagle, i 3 yrs _ . r - Gen. Go‘wr's Genseric, 3 yrs . _ - 2 Ld Lowther's Cerherus, ag - cd . . - 3 Mr. Itl.lce's Queen of Sheba, by Alexander the Gre4t, 3 yrs - ' - - • 4 Lit Hinchingbroke's, Emily, 3 yrs - - • - ) .Vii. Andrew's Thorn, aged - .. - - pd - - s • a 2 D. ot Rutland's Salv:tior, ES t 71b. beat Mr. Shakcspear'* Knave or dubs, 'Bst. 41b. Ab. to ,4 Qtl Srl vatur. Ld Bentinels's Fair. Star, g.t. sib rec. Sys. frcnst I.d Foley's Chester, 8 lb. Eir,t of Ah. M. scei,;:;. BAirl,r, O BUZ.ICO. Yesterday we communicated to rt.e Public t 1 sullstance of a variety of, private letttYrs, 1 t i most aulheatic de , cription, relative to •the p Iticoldrs, of this glorious affair, ai,d the conse,i-i'vnct2s that might be expeded to flow from it. Tlie•e ailticpations, especially with regard to Coimbra, and The mecti , • toted retreat of Lord Wellington to Ilk fortified 000. siiion at Torres Vedras, are folly corthritte!.l b, 114 dispatches to the which :sere recaived yeiiVr• day troll) the British head qulrters at A.lcob:lzl.- IVithout further preface, tLiey are to the I .. .flowing eticet ; Ott the day of this brilliant affair, we have alrea4 st Ited, and in that stitement we persist, that t he whole of the French army, ainoAning at • le!rit to 70.000 min, were wide: - wins. The their pisiii.,ns was perfectls' vkible froth onr•. ~[h right of the enemy w:is commanded by I.Vlarslml N-y, with the Generals of 'Divi , ion St. S.mon, and Macau, under St. Sutton; .is ippears from the Gazelle, wt 4 wounded and talt,:n iso , 'ler and ~ c coiding to itte report of prisOners and de.itrters, Niaci) and Loison were also wounded. Tste left of the French - \TA: cony - my:tied 1 1y Regtiter, with the French General's Merle and Gran] cii.orge, both of whom are reported Iv be wounded. "1 ue Bth corps, under Jui;ol, watt drawn up in ft COIU nu of reserve; the cavalry, amounting to .iearly 0020 men, did nut more. • The British army w,is under arms at three o clock, .A. M. A little before day-light, Lord Wellington arri%ed near Gctkral CralthlrYg positio on our 1 ft. The ground was rocky., an I was obliged to dismo9nt: Soon after the firing began on the left, and shortly followed a Leavy firitio• t' vn our. right ; upon which Cord Wellaigton observed— " This is the true attack," mounted his horsa, and rode off to the right. WEeiT he reached it, it was day-light, and he saw the French troi'ps near the heights. He immediately ordered the 88th and the other corps of that brigade to charge, and moved another regiment to outflank the enemy, who then retired in the greatest disorder. Their advance was very regular and spirited. The second attack was al4o repulsed ; and then Lord Wellington set off Co the left ; but before he could reach it the French had been repulsed, and the action was at an end. Shortly atter the termination of the action; the French occupied a village in front of our left, and within range of our guns. A message was sent to the Commanding Officer, repieSenting that it was Contrary to the usage of war for an enemy to' occu py a position which it was evident he could not mainra'n, and • which would therefOr.• only occasion •an - useless effusion of blood : lie was in conse quence requeSted to withdra'x, which he refried. A-few guns, with Shrapneils, were then imme ,diately opened upon the village, which was at the same time attacked with great vigour by sonic companies of the light divi.ion, who immediately drove out the -- French, afer having made tnern atone for this ad of temerity, by the loss of about 51)Q MOM SECOND EDITION. SUIV OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK ) r. OFFICIAL. Dispatches have been received from Lot7l trit • LANGTON and Mr. STUART, of the date of the i3' h inst. by which it appears that the Allied Armies had retreated within their lines; their tight being at CastanberO and Villa Franca, znd thew !eft at Torres Vedras on the 7th a; .d Bth inst. Th, y had not been molested in their retreat, but some affairs had taken place between the cavalry of the two armies, in which the British and Portuguese cavalry bad distinguished themselves. The Marquis de ROMANA was on his march with a part of his army to join Lord WHLLINOTON.—On the 13th he was expeatt'd at Monternor. Tie rains hid began on the Bth the British Army are represented as being proteCled Fmm 'them in the villages and under huts.—The French Army is severely exposed to them. Colonel WiLsoN had occupied the positi cf the'Busaco, with a Portuguese Brigade on'the• . 6?1•, and it was reported that Colonel :Fa/WT. had entered Cciimbra on the 7th, and had taken a French . garri• ton, with their wounded, prisoners. tit,)